Juan Mourep
Vital 1st Team Regular
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'Zero days off' guidelines for schoolchildren with tonsilitis and glandular fever
Children have been told to take 'zero days off' school – even if they're ill with tonsillitis or glandular fever.
The new guidelines - which parents have described as 'a joke' - have been given to families in South Wales and state that there are very few reasons for pupils to stay at home.
Kids are required to attend if they suffer from a range of childhood complaints such as conjunctivitis, head lice and threadworm.
And they should spend no more than four days away from school for measles and take no more than five days for chicken pox, whooping cough and mumps.
Pauline Jarman, a governor at Caegarw primary and Mountain Ash comprehensive in Rhondda Cynon Taff, told Wales Online: "When I had glandular fever I was too run down to function.
"I am inclined to trust the judgement of the parent or guardian. If they think the child's illness is severe enough to keep them home – or are eager to avoid spreading the illness to other children – they will seek the appropriate advice from their GP."
A spokesperson for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, one of the authorities involved, said consultation had been carried out with Public Health Wales and a series of university health boards 'who all approved the content of the advice table'.
Thankfully my little cherubs have left school, I feel I may have fell out with the authorities on this one, illnesses do not last for the same amount of time with everyone, that is just plainly ridiculous.
'Zero days off' guidelines for schoolchildren with tonsilitis and glandular fever
Children have been told to take 'zero days off' school – even if they're ill with tonsillitis or glandular fever.
The new guidelines - which parents have described as 'a joke' - have been given to families in South Wales and state that there are very few reasons for pupils to stay at home.
Kids are required to attend if they suffer from a range of childhood complaints such as conjunctivitis, head lice and threadworm.
And they should spend no more than four days away from school for measles and take no more than five days for chicken pox, whooping cough and mumps.
Pauline Jarman, a governor at Caegarw primary and Mountain Ash comprehensive in Rhondda Cynon Taff, told Wales Online: "When I had glandular fever I was too run down to function.
"I am inclined to trust the judgement of the parent or guardian. If they think the child's illness is severe enough to keep them home – or are eager to avoid spreading the illness to other children – they will seek the appropriate advice from their GP."
A spokesperson for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, one of the authorities involved, said consultation had been carried out with Public Health Wales and a series of university health boards 'who all approved the content of the advice table'.
Thankfully my little cherubs have left school, I feel I may have fell out with the authorities on this one, illnesses do not last for the same amount of time with everyone, that is just plainly ridiculous.
